Paper-jogger



(No Model.)

' 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. H. M. ALDRICH.

3 PAPER JOGGER.

Patented 003. 23, 1390.

3 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HOMER M. ALDRICH, OF BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN.

PAPER-JOGG ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 439,337, dated October 28, 1890.

Application filed December 30, 1889- Serial No. 335,388. (No model.)

.Zo all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HOMER M. ALDRICH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Battle Creek, county of Calhoun, State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Paper- Jogger, of which the following is a specificationJ This invention relates to that class of paperjoggers which are operated by the oscillating movements of the fly, which delivers the sheets upon the fiy-table between the j oggers.

The object of the invention consists in the below described and claimed peculiarities of construction and combination of parts designed to increase its efficacy and to facilitate I the operation.

In the drawings forminga part of this specification, Figure 1 is a plan view. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation on line 2 2 in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 shows enlarged lettered details from the left hand of Fig. 3, illustrating the operation. Fig. 5 shows enlarged lettered details looking from a point at the right of Fig. 3; and Fig. 6 is a section on line 3 3 in Fig. 5, looking from a point above.

The table upon which the printed sheets are delivered by the ordinary oscillating fly B of a printing-press (said press not being here shown) is shown at A. Upon the table A, attached thereto and separated at a suitable distance from each other, are bars 0 and C. These bars are provided with right-angled flanges E at one end for catching under one edge of the tableviz., that edge next to the fly B, and with prongs y, pivoted at k to a downward projection of the bars 0 and C, said prongs being held up to engage the under side of the table at the opposite edge by springs e. To bar 0 bars 3 3 are attached and extend laterally therefrom, Fig. 1. To these bars 3 3 are adj ustably attached upright fixed standards E E by the set-screws 4 4. One edge of the printed sheets rests against said standards E E, (the sheets not being here shown,) said sheets being jogged against said standards by the joggers I I at the opposite side of the table A, said joggers being de scribed below. To the right-hand end of the bars 0 and C are attached standards G, and one edge of the sheets is jogged against said standards by the joggers F F at the left-hand end or back of the table.

The lower end of the standards G are hinged at h, Fig. 3, to the downward projection of the bars 0 and O,and are held up in place by the ends of the springs m, which contact with the downward projection 2' of said standards.

Thus the standards G may be swung down when desiring to remove the sheets from the table, and swung up to place again, where they are held by the springs while the table other flexible means attached to them, one end of said cord being looped around the oscillating fly B and attached at 10 to one of the fingers of said fly, as in Figs. 1 and 2. When the fly swings down, as in dotted position in Fig. 4, upon its bearings s, the cord 5 winds 011 said fly and swings the joggers I I outw'ard against the resistance of the springs c, said springs contacting with a downward projection of the joggers. I/Vhen the fly raises up, the cord 5 is of course slackened, at which time the springs c swings the joggers I I in against the edges of the printed sheets and forces the same over against the standards E.

The joggers F are in the form of an inverted letter V, and consist of two bars hinged at 'u at the top. The lower end of the rear bar of the joggers F is hinged at a to a slotted base-bar 9, one of said base-bars being adj ustably attached to each of the bars 0 and C by set-screws 6. The lower end of the front bar of said joggers play back and forth in the slot of the base-bars 9, and are held out by springs E between the bars of the joggers, as in Figs. 3 and 4. These base-bars also serve as a rest upon which the printed sheets fall and prevents the edge of said sheets from getting under the end of the joggers F.

At a is a spring attached to the base-bar 9 and rests against the back bar of the j oggers, as in Figs. 3 and 4. A cord or other flexible means an n is attached to the front bar of the joggers F, and is passed through a slot in the rear bar of said joggers, and is looped around the fly B and attached to a finger of said fly at 7, Figs. 1, 3, and 4, in like manner to the arrangement of the cord 5 in Fig. 2. Thus when the fly swings down, as in dotted position in Fig. 4, the j oggers F will be swung back against a spring resistance to the position shown in dotted lines in said Fig. 4, and at the same time the joggers I I are swung outward to receive a sheet from the fly. When the fly swings down to deliver a sheet upon the table A, the cord m will tighten and open the joggers F F, and when the reverse action of the fly takes place the joggers F F will be thrown forward against the edge of the sheets on the back side, and thus jog the sheets against the standards G for the reason that the cord m will slacken, and .the springs a 6 will operate said joggers.

In Figs. 1 and 2 is a spring or other elastic connections d between the joggers I and the fly B. The front end cl is attached to the upper side of the fly B, so as to wind on said fly when the fly swings up and the cord 5 slackens. By this means the joggersI are opened after jogging the paper before the joggers F F act against the paper. It will thus be seen that the joggers I act first, and are held open by means of the elastic connections d long enough to allow the joggers F to act. The end (1' of these connections dis shown broken in Fig. 1. If these connections d were flexible instead of elastic, the fly could not make the full upward throw without breaking said connections.

I stated that the joggers I I were pivoted to the bar D. They are not pivoted directly to'said bar, as here shown, but are pivotally attached to supports 7, and these supports are adj ustably attached to the bar D by set-screws 8 8. The object of having these joggers and and the joggers F F and the standards E E adjustable is so that the machine can be adapted for varying sizes of sheets.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. In a delivery apparatus, the combination of the fly, the joggers on the back of the table, cords or the like attached to said joggers and looped around the fly, the other joggers on the side of the table, a cord or the like attached to said joggers and looped around the fly, and a spring attached to the fly and to said joggers, whereby the joggers at the side of the table will act before those at the back, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the table, the fly,

two bars upon said table and detachably se cured thereto, said bars being provided at one end with upright standards and at the other end with the adjustable joggers, one of said bars having attached thereto lateral branches provided with upright standards at one side of the table, a bar upon the opposite side of the table and detachably secured thereto, j oggers adjustably attached to said bar, cords, or the like connecting the joggers with the fly, and springs forming a resistance against the outward movement of the joggers, substantially as set forth.

3. In a paper-jogger, j oggers comprising the slotted base-plates, two bars jointed at the top, the lower end of one of the bars being hinged to the base-bar, the lower end of the other bar being left free to play in the slot of the base-bar, and the springs exerting a forward pressure on said bars, substantially as set forth.

In testimony of the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name in presence of two witnesses.

HOMER M. ALDRICH.

Witnesses:

E. C. LOUGHBOROUGH, H. E. SIMKIN. 

